diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 8546e1d90..d337b6e3c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-21  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
+
+	* glib/tmpl/strings.sgml: Fix the description of g_string_assign. (#78728)
+
 2002-04-18  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
 	* glib/tmpl/error_reporting.sgml:
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/strings.sgml b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/strings.sgml
index 0e34ac9cd..7df271b19 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/strings.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/strings.sgml
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ don't want it to be reallocated too often.
 
 <!-- ##### FUNCTION g_string_assign ##### -->
 <para>
-Copies the characters from one #GString into another, destroying any previous
+Copies the characters from a string into a #GString, destroying any previous
 contents. It is rather like the standard <function>strcpy()</function> function, except that
 you do not have to worry about having enough space to copy the string.
 </para>
 
 @string: the destination #GString. Its current contents are destroyed.
-@rval: the source #GString.
+@val: the string to copy into @string.
 @Returns: the destination #GString.